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Simone Biles misses gold, but adds 11th career Olympic medal in floor exercise; Jordan Chiles takes surprise bronze

Simone Biles the U.S. competes in the women's artistic gymnastics individual floor exercise final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Aug. 5, 2024. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)(PARIS) -- Simone Biles faltered in her last routine at the Paris Olympics, with a heavily wrapped left calf, but will still leave the Games with a silver medal in the floor event. Fellow American Jordan Chiles came through with a shocking bronze medal, even though celebrations had already begun with another athlete.Biles brings her total […]

todayAugust 5, 2024

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Simone Biles, Suni Lee miss out on medals in women’s gymnastics balance beam final

Simone Biles of Team United States warms up prior to the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Balance Beam Final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 05, 2024 in Paris, France. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)(PARIS) -- Team USA women's gymnastics stars Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee came up empty in the balance beam final on Monday.After Simone Biles secured her third gold medal of the Paris Olympics on Saturday, she and Lee both notched identical scores […]

todayAugust 5, 2024

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Woman who lost a leg in shark attack to compete in 2024 Paralympics

Weiss Eubanks/NBCUniversal via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A woman who lost a leg in a shark attack is now heading to Paris to compete in the 2024 Paralympics."The 1st time I got back in [the water] was in July, a year ago," Ali Truwit told ABC News' Good Morning America. "I got back in with a floaty around my stomach because we weren't sure how I was going to respond in the water again, and now I'm headed to the […]

todayAugust 5, 2024

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Noah Lyles wins gold in 100 meters at Paris Olympics to become fastest man in the world

Noah Lyles of the U.S celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 100m final at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Aug. 4, 2024. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)(PARIS) -- American sprinter Noah Lyles won the gold in the 100 meters at the Paris Olympics in a photo finish, edging out Jamaican Kishane Thompson for gold and taking the title of the world's fastest man.Lyles finished in 9.79 seconds -- officially 9.784 -- edging out Thompson by just .005 seconds for the […]

todayAugust 5, 2024

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Suni Lee shines with bronze in uneven bars final at Paris Olympics

Sunisa Lee of Team United States competes during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Uneven Bars Final on day nine of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)(PARIS) -- As the last to go, America's Suni Lee knew what she needed to make the podium in the uneven bars final. She stepped up, hit her routine and took home her sixth career Olympic medal.On Sunday, the 21-year-old Lee of Saint Paul, Minnesota, […]

todayAugust 5, 2024

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Scoreboard roundup — 8/4/24

iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Sunday's sports events:MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLINTERLEAGUELA Dodgers 3, Oakland 2Philadelphia 6, Seattle 0LA Angels 3, NY. Mets 2AMERICAN LEAGUEKansas City 3, Detroit 2Tampa Bay 1, Houston 0Baltimore 9, Cleveland 5NY Yankees 4, Toronto 3 (10)Boston 7, Texas 2Minnesota 13, Chi White Sox 7NATIONAL LEAGUESan Francisco 8, Cincinnati 2Final Washington 4 Milwaukee 3Miami 7, Atlanta 0Arizona 6, Pittsburgh 5San Diego 10, Colorado 2Chi Cubs 6, St. Louis 2Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights […]

todayAugust 5, 2024

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Sha’Carri Richardson takes silver in the 100 meters, bested by Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred

Cameron Spencer/Getty Images(PARIS) -- Sha'Carri Richardson took silver in the 100 meters at the Summer Games in Paris on Saturday, not quite reaching the top of the podium in her comeback bid, but clinching her first medal in the Olympics. Fellow American and training partner Melissa Jefferson finished with the bronze.Julien Alfred, 23, of Saint Lucia, won gold in a time of 10.72 seconds as she led from start to finish on a wet track after dominating in every round […]

todayAugust 3, 2024

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LGBTQ athletes take their marks on the track at the Paris Olympic Games

Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images(PARIS) -- This year's U.S. Olympic team has a star-studded cast of LGBTQ athletes headed to Paris.At least 29 competitors are prepared to take on the international games, according to a database compiled by LGBTQ news outlet OutSports.These athletes are just a handful of the LGBTQ representation to expect at the Olympic Games. OutSports recorded at least 151 LGBTQ athletes representing countries around the world that are set to take up the competition in Paris.For the […]

todayAugust 2, 2024

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Women’s gymnastics individual all-around updates: Simone Biles leads after vault rotation

Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images(PARIS) -- Simone Biles and Suni Lee are back on the mat Thursday for the artistic gymnastics women's individual all-around final.The veteran Team USA stars, who helped add the team's fourth Olympics gold medal on Tuesday, will compete in four rotations: vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise.Biles, who won the individual all-around in Rio in 2016, and Lee, who won the individual title in Tokyo in 2021, are the first former all-around winners to […]

todayAugust 1, 2024

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